The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2061
Waxing Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
10:08 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1715
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.87° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.97° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.